Audio Sample

Abstract

In the present disclosure, methods and apparatuses are disclosed that enable a device to determine whether a contact is in a shared environment based on an audio sample of a voice call. More specifically, an audio sample of a voice call is generated. A controller then determines whether a contact is in an environment of the mobile device based on the audio sample.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A method, comprising:
 generating, by a mobile device, an audio sample of a voice received via a call;   associating, by the mobile device, the audio sample with a contact participating in the call, wherein the contact is included in a contact list of the mobile device; and   sampling, by the mobile device, audio from an environment to determine whether the contact is in the environment, wherein the determination is based, in part, on the audio sample of the voice.   
     
     
         2 . The method of  claim 1 , further comprising:
 associating, by the mobile device, a bookmark with the contact, wherein the bookmark is triggered if the contact is in the environment.   
     
     
         3 . The method of  claim 2 , further comprising:
 generating, by the mobile device, the bookmark.   
     
     
         4 . The method of  claim 2 , further comprising:
 delivering, by the mobile device, the bookmark in response to the determination that the contact is in the shared environment.   
     
     
         5 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein generating the audio sample of the voice comprises sampling a predefined portion of the call. 
     
     
         6 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein generating the audio sample of the voice comprises sampling an incoming transmission. 
     
     
         7 . The method of  claim 1 , further comprising:
 determining, by the mobile device, that the contact is in the environment based on the audio sample of the voice and a speaker recognition technique,   
     
     
         8 . The method of  claim 1 , further comprising:
 generating, by the mobile device, an audio sample of another voice received via another call; and   associating, by the mobile device, the audio sample of the another voice with another contact participating in the call, wherein the another contact is included in the contact list of the mobile device.   
     
     
         9 . An apparatus, comprising:
 an audio sampler to generate an audio sample of a voice call and to sample environmental noise; and   a controller coupled to the audio sampler, wherein the controller is to compare the sample of the voice call with environmental noise to determine whether a contact associated with the voice call is located in the environment.   
     
     
         10 . The apparatus of  claim 9 , wherein the controller is further to associate a bookmark with the contact, and trigger the bookmark in response to a determination that the contact is located in the environment. 
     
     
         11 . The apparatus of  claim 10 , wherein the bookmark is a message generated by a user of the apparatus. 
     
     
         12 . The apparatus of  claim 10 , wherein the bookmark includes media content. 
     
     
         13 . The apparatus of  claim 10 , wherein the controller is to associate the sample of the voice call with the contact. 
     
     
         14 . The apparatus of  claim 10 , wherein the controller is to determine whether the contact is located in the environment based, in part, on a speaker recognition technique. 
     
     
         15 . The apparatus of  claim 10 , wherein the audio sampler is to generate the audio sample of a voice call for each contact within a contact list of the apparatus.